HMS by the Numbers FY 2023
Faculty
Total faculty: 12,213
Tenured and tenure-track faculty on HMS campus in 11 preclinical departments: 192
Voting faculty on campus and at affiliates: 6,730
Full-time faculty on campus and at affiliates 10,438
Awards and Honors
Nobel Prizes: physiology or medicine (cumulative) 10; Peace (recipients) 16
National Academy of Sciences members (current) 91
National Academy of Medicine members (current) 178
Howard Hughes Medical Institute (current) 38
- Investigators: 35
- Scholars: 2
- Professor: 1
See the HMS Office for Faculty Affairs for information about faculty demographics.
Residents and Trainees
Clinical fellows 4,242
Research fellows 4,959
Students
Total students
MD: 712
PhD: 908
MD-PhD: 210 [basic sciences 176, social sciences 34 (total included in MD and PhD counts)]
DMD: 141
Master’s: 559 (512 HMS, 47 HSDM)
DMSc: 30
Graduate students in HMS PhD programs are enrolled through the Harvard Kenneth C. Griffin School of Arts and Sciences.
Entering students 2023
MD applicants: 6,986
Admitted: 222 (3.2%)
MD entering: 164 (includes 15 MD-PhD)
PhD: 165
DMD: 38
Master’s: 302 (288 HMS, 14 HSDM)
DMSc: 5
Combined degree programs: MD-MAD, MD-MMSc, MD-MBA, MD-MPH, MD-MPP
See the HMS Medical Education Admissions at a Glance page for details about the entering MD class and financial aid.
Alumni
Living medical school alumni 11,361 (MD and master’s)
As of September 2023
Grants & Contracts
- Total FY23 grants and contracts expenditures by HMS and its affiliated hospitals (includes all federal, state, and private/other grants and contracts for organized research, teaching/instruction, and other sponsored activities, for both direct and indirect costs, as reported to the Liaison Committee on Medical Education): $4,101,616,048
- Total FY23 federal grants and contracts expenditures by HMS and its affiliated hospitals (includes federal grants and contracts for organized research, teaching/instruction, and other sponsored activities, for both direct and indirect costs, as reported to the Liaison Committee on Medical Education): $2,256,378,536
MD Financial Aid (Fiscal Year 2023)
- Average scholarship: $56,716
- Range of scholarships: $2,153 to $96,091
- Students receiving financial aid (excluding MD–PhD students): 71%
- (2022-23) Students graduating with loans: 97
- (2022-23) Average loan debt at graduation: $103,519
- Range of debt (Class of 2023): $3,499 to $396,992
For the most current financial aid and admissions data, please visit the HMS Admissions At a Glance webpage.
Tuition and fees (2023–2024)
- Tuition: $69,300
- Fees: $6,125
Tuition and fees (2022–2023)
- Tuition: $67,610
- Fees: $5,981
As of December 2023